Andyjr1515

Orange sounds great! Missed this in January!!! Yes - it's worth experimenting. On my bubinga bass, I find the stretch uncomfortable. I left the button there for when other players want to borrow it, but from my own use, use the higher black button: It depends on the bass, but on this one, it lifts the neck a touch and swings the whole thing it back a touch, leaving a comfortable reach

It's almost impossible to photograph the true colour for reds. Something to do with the ccd chips in modern cameras I'm told. The photos generally lose the burgundy element and come out looking like a much oranger red than the blood red it actually is in real life. Good guess?

+1 on this

That's looking great - that grain absolutely doesn't need veneering. Beautiful!

Looking good from here. Nice decal too

Sounds good Looking forward to seeing the results (although be aware that with finishing it sometimes looks worse before it looks better...so, actually, post pics when you're happy to )

Top class work

Oooooooh - that's BEAUTIFUL. I'm a great fan of Squiers

Nice job. I worked on one a few years ago - again a 1964 one - but that one had been seriously abused (including a second hole cut, presumably so someone could go left hand in a Beatles tribute band??). We got it back to full playing condition and the owner was chuffed to pieces - but the finished result wasn't as nice as this one

I'm still a bit confused. Are the dimensions he states "97mm by 21mm, (30mm from end to middle semi circle cut out)" and is that what it actually measures? If so, I'm pretty sure that fits a standard Fender Jazz bridge pickup - certainly it fits my Seymour Duncan Fender Jazz drop ins. My Seymour Duncan pickups are 93x18 for the bridge and 90x18 for the neck so would fit fine on the body I received. Is it the body you've got that's different to mine or is it the pickup sizes? And are the pickups absolutely Fender Jazz drop-ins? I ask because I've found many times the hard way that often there is no such thing as a 'standard' size for some of this stuff and sometimes it's a bit of a b****r to work out which component is the problem.

What's the actual dimensions of the pocket, and what does it say on the original ebay ad? I bought one recently also from twincam on ebay and it is dimensionally as stated, ie " Bridge Pickup Dimensions 97mm by 21mm, (30mm from end to middle semi circle cut out)" Did the ad for yours state the same dimension and what does it actually measure?

Very impressed indeed. In fact, wallet moths may be released into the wild before too long....and, trust me, that really doesn't happen very often. In fact...that generally just doesn't happen - at all!

Looking good from here

I like fretless basses This is the Jack Bruce Tribute I made for our band's bassist, Pete. I get to play it occasionally when he lets me : I liked the sound and feel of Pete's so much, I built one for myself - my own design but using similar timbers and dimensions. Even though this one has Seymour Duncans, it has a similar vibe to it: When I built Pete's tribute, he gave me his old goose-turd green Yamaha RBX270F to do whatever I liked with. I decided to give it the 'myrtle veneer treatment': Nice players, those Yamahas

What @stewblack said ^

Just back Great, great bash. Many thanks to Mrs Scrumpymike and the amazing catering team for their endless energy, cheerfulness and wonderful food & drinks, many thanks to Scumpymike for the organisation and thanks to all the attendees for the warm welcome, the interesting chats and the sublime basses and equipment on show! Andy

Yes - I like the look of that!

That looks very nice indeed!

All of them look pretty good, but that is indeed a lovely piece of walnut!

Yes - the strap and sit positioning is all important. That's actually how I fixed the semi-acoustic ... I changed the strap button position. The neck swung up, the body swung sideways and, as if by magic, I could reach!

As I say - it depends on the bass. This is the closest I could get originally on one of @W1_Pro 's basses - one of the most interesting projects (and a LOVELY semi-acoustic bass). There's no trickery here - it's hanging on the strap and my arm is fully straight. And yes, I'm a short a**e ... but at 5' 7" I'm not THAT much of a shirt a**e Oh...and this is a 34" scale! It had a happy ending though - making it one my favourite projects. With a bit of Andyjr1515 magic (ie total fluke) we got it here: Anyway - why we are having this discussion in the first place is because we're floundering a bit and killing time because the OP needs to give us a bit more information of what and why and what trying to achieve (hint, hint) - and, of course, PICTURES

Also, depending on the bass, 35" can be a huge stretch just to reach the first fret. OK of you're a tall guy but no good at all for short a***s like me

Based on the fact that my bodies nowadays are usually closer to 25mm (but I'm, admittedly, weird), then structurally and for fitting any 'normal' electrics and pickups, 40mm is plenty, plenty

Looking great!

In terms of the way the veneer bends, the paper backed veneer acts just the same. However, it does help prevent splits running for some veneers so could be a benefit on this one. If you are going to do a centre join and apply the veneers in two operations, remember that: It does shink a little as it warms up so will try to pull away from the centre join It floats on the molten glue and so, until it is properly secured, can shift around a bit I fit one side, check that the join is still completely straight, then secure the join first, using the iron to push the second sheet into the join then hold firmly with the cloth until it's grabbed - I effectively tack it like that in 4-5 places along the join then close up the complete join. I've seen it done different ways too but that way works for me personally